★ BEST INVESTING TOOLS COMPARISON ★
VOL. XCIV, NO. 247
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Tool Comparison
ChartMill vs The Fly Pro
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ChartMill
Free • Paid plans available · Web
- You care about stock ideas, scores, and valuation models, things The Fly Pro doesn't offer
- You trade often and need tooling built for speed
Pick The Fly Pro instead if
The Fly Pro
Free • From $18.60/mo · Web
- You care about transcripts and macro data, things ChartMill doesn't offer
Skip both if: Neither one clicks with how you research; there are strong third options.
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Our take
The bottom line
ChartMill and The Fly Pro cover a lot of the same ground (7 shared categories, including screeners, stock comparison, and data visualizations), so for the basics you won't go far wrong with either. ChartMill simply does more: 24 categories to The Fly Pro's 9, including stock ideas, scores, and valuation models. The Fly Pro counters by keeping things simpler.
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Key differences at a glance
- Asset coverage
- ChartMillAdds ETFs
- Free trial
- The Fly Pro7 days
- Broader coverage
- ChartMill24 vs 9 categories
- Free plan
- Both
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How they stack up
The side-by-side table: pricing, platforms, data, and coverage at a glance.ShowHide
How they stack up
The side-by-side table: pricing, platforms, data, and coverage at a glance.| Attribute | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pricing & plans | ||
Starting price | Free • Paid plans available | Free • From $18.60/mo |
Free tier | Yes | Yes |
Free trial | — | 7 days |
Plan limits | Free: financials history: 4 years/quarters (free users, example pages). | 8 limits: Premium Annual: regular monthly equivalent usd: 62, Premium Annual: promotion: Quarter-end 70% off +6 more |
| Platforms & access | ||
Web app | Yes | Yes |
Mobile app | No | No |
API access | No | No |
| Audience & fit | ||
Experience level | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced | Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced |
Best for | Retail Traders, Pro Retail +6 more | — |
Categories covered | 24 | 9 |
Regions | North America, Europe | North America, Europe |
| Data & capabilities | ||
Data quality | 3 signals: Latency: 15-min Delayed and End of Day, Granularity: EOD and Minute +1 more | Latency: End of Day and Granularity: EOD |
Capabilities | Custom formulas and Universe builder | — |
| Try it | Visit ChartMill | Visit The Fly Pro |
Where each one shines
What ChartMill and The Fly Pro each do best.ShowHide
Where each one shines
What ChartMill and The Fly Pro each do best.What ChartMill does best
- Screen stocks and ETFs with technical, fundamental, dividend, valuation, growth, profitability, health, and custom-expression filters.
- Start from a large Trading Ideas library covering breakout, pullback, CANSLIM, Minervini, GARP, dividend, value, growth, and other screen templates.
- Use ChartMill ratings, technical setup views, analyzer pages, and fundamental reports to compare candidates.
- Build watchlists, save screens, export screener results, and trigger alerts from price, setup, earnings, news, insider, fundamental, analyst, and saved-screen conditions.
- Use multi-chart layouts, saved chart configurations, drawings, indicators, event markers, and watchlist-based charting.
What The Fly Pro does best
- Use visual dashboards and customizable charts to research public companies without building every financial view from scratch.
- Screen and compare stocks with simplified fundamental and performance charting.
- Research 1,100+ company-specific KPIs with historical context and updates around earnings releases where paid access includes the data.
- Review 10 years of financials on free access and deeper 30+ year history on the paid plan as recorded in the profile.
- Use company comparison tools to compare operating metrics, fundamentals, and charted data across peers.
Every detail we compared
Every tracked attribute for ChartMill and The Fly Pro, side by side.ShowHide
Every detail we compared
Every tracked attribute for ChartMill and The Fly Pro, side by side.| Attribute | ||
|---|---|---|
| Coverage & fit | ||
Asset types | StocksETFs | Stocks |
Experience | BeginnerIntermediateAdvanced | BeginnerIntermediateAdvanced |
Target audience | Retail TradersPro RetailDay TradersSwing TradersLong-term InvestorsGrowth InvestorsValue InvestorsDividend Investors | Not specified |
Regions | North AmericaEurope | North AmericaEurope |
Coverage details | 17 countries9 exchangesIdentifiers: Ticker and ISIN | Identifiers: Ticker |
| Data | ||
Data freshness | 15-min DelayedEnd of Day | End of Day |
Data granularity | EODMinute | EOD |
| Access & integrations | ||
Export formats | CSV | Not specified |
| Plans & trust | ||
Capability signals | Custom formulasUniverse builder | Not specified |
Vendor & support | ChartMill | Main Street Financial Data Inc.Support: Email |
Curation ratings | Not specified | Methodology 3/5Reliability 4/5UX 4/5 |
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What you'll actually pay
Plans, billing, trials, and per-month pricing for both tools.ShowHide
What you'll actually pay
Plans, billing, trials, and per-month pricing for both tools.| Tier | ||
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Freefinancials history: 4 years/quarters (free users, example pages). | Free |
| Entry paid plan | $34.97/mo“Monthly Subscription” | $18.60/mo“Premium Annual”regular monthly equivalent usd: 62 · promotion: Quarter-end 70% off |
| Tier 2 | $299.97/yr“Annual Subscription + Free Course” | $22.20/mo“Premium Monthly”regular monthly price usd: 74 · promotion: Quarter-end 70% off |
| Tier 3 | — | $45/mo“Ultimate Annual”regular monthly equivalent usd: 150 · promotion: Quarter-end 70% off |
| Top plan | — | $54/mo“Ultimate Monthly”regular monthly price usd: 180 · promotion: Quarter-end 70% off |
| Custom / enterprise | — | Contact sales“Institutional” |
| Free trial | — | 7 days |
Questions we keep getting
What's the difference between ChartMill and The Fly Pro?
ChartMill leans toward screeners, stock ideas, and stock comparison, while The Fly Pro puts more weight on screeners, data visualizations, and stock comparison. They overlap in 7 categories, so for most people it comes down to workflow preference and price.
How much do ChartMill and The Fly Pro cost?
Good news: both ChartMill and The Fly Pro have free plans, so you can run them side by side and only pay if you hit a wall.
Should I choose ChartMill or The Fly Pro?
It depends on what you're after. Pick ChartMill if stock ideas and scores matter to you; go with The Fly Pro if you'd rather have transcripts and macro data. And if you only need the basics both share, let price decide.
What asset classes do ChartMill and The Fly Pro cover?
Both cover stocks. ChartMill also handles ETFs.
Can I export data from ChartMill and The Fly Pro?
ChartMill exports to CSV. The Fly Pro is stingier about getting data out.
Is ChartMill or The Fly Pro better for day trading?
ChartMill is the one positioned more for active traders. The Fly Pro is the better fit if you care less about fast trading workflows and more about a calmer research process.
Which has a better stock screener: ChartMill or The Fly Pro?
Both ChartMill and The Fly Pro include stock screeners, and they differ more in interface than raw power; try both and see which one clicks for you.
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